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whether it is improving healthcare or education or foreign aid. i am one of the backers of activities surrounding immigration. immigration -- it is important to separate the pieces. one is the high scale piece. -- high-skill peace. of people coming in, should some portion include those who have computer science skills? if i'm a graduate student at uc berkeley in computer science, i am going to get a job for $100,000 a year. the question is, should that job be in india and the jobs created around the person there, or in the united states? that person is going to get hired, i guarantee you. we help provide a great education. the high-skill, peace, there is no doubt of the economic benefits if you are careful. the compromise proposal has all of that. then you have the broad immigration debate where again the economic benefits are very clear. i'm a less expert on this. we are the envy of the world because we have a growing population. when you get into what italy and russia and japan are in, shrinking population, that is very bad for investment. the n
whether it is improving healthcare or education or foreign aid. i am one of the backers of activities surrounding immigration. immigration -- it is important to separate the pieces. one is the high scale piece. -- high-skill peace. of people coming in, should some portion include those who have computer science skills? if i'm a graduate student at uc berkeley in computer science, i am going to get a job for $100,000 a year. the question is, should that job be in india and the jobs created...
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they want to stop rising healthcare costs. this bill, the affordable care act, as the one legislation that takes major steps on these issues. republicans offered nothing but opposition over and over again. this is the 37th time the house will vote to repeal the bill. the public and said it would kill jobs and they were wrong. they said the law would drive up health-care costs through the roof, they were wrong. we are seeing the slowest growth in health-care spending in decades. they have ignored the significant benefits that are helping millions of people such as 3 million young adults who have coverage to their parents plan, 6 million seniors who have saved over $6 billion on their prescription drugs. millions of americans have received over $1 billion in rebates from their insurance. over 100 million americans who have access to free, preventive care who no longer face lifetime limits on their coverage. in the congressional budget the lawtill confirms cut the deficit by $100 million in the first decade and more than $1 trill
they want to stop rising healthcare costs. this bill, the affordable care act, as the one legislation that takes major steps on these issues. republicans offered nothing but opposition over and over again. this is the 37th time the house will vote to repeal the bill. the public and said it would kill jobs and they were wrong. they said the law would drive up health-care costs through the roof, they were wrong. we are seeing the slowest growth in health-care spending in decades. they have...
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reform.out healthcare a gonen has been -- or has been out in the lead on some healthcare transformation issues, expanding access. in a recent study within the last two weeks, it shows that we are driving down cost, especially for catastrophic care and women are getting more preventive care. if we can implement the affordable care act nationally, we are talking about not only a significantly healthier population, but also cost savings. i see this as something that we need to continue to push forward, looking for states like oregon as an example of where this is working. >> [inaudible] private money to implement obamacare. do you have any response to that ech? >> when we did the prescription drug bill a number of years ago, with regard to advertising in that bill, that was done by pharmaceutical industry. i don't think it is anything out of the ordinary. she is meticulous and making sure that we are keeping within the confines of what the law is. >> how is congress handling [inaudible] religious organizations like catholic universities and hospitals that don't want to cover [ina >> they d
reform.out healthcare a gonen has been -- or has been out in the lead on some healthcare transformation issues, expanding access. in a recent study within the last two weeks, it shows that we are driving down cost, especially for catastrophic care and women are getting more preventive care. if we can implement the affordable care act nationally, we are talking about not only a significantly healthier population, but also cost savings. i see this as something that we need to continue to push...
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, access to healthcare, and denial of healthcare? will that happen based on a ?erson's political believes these questions will be considered out of bounds one week ago. today, these questions are considered more than reasonable. and more than fair for the american people. what you will hear our state tories of common people from across the united states and wanted to be able to access their free speech rights as american citizens, but they were denied those rights because their tax status was denied in order to be able to speak out as an organization. we collected an impressive group of individuals that have very important things to say to you today. we have members of the united states senate, house of representatives, the most poorly we will hear from those people who were victimized by this administration, and this administration's policies. what -- i like to ask mitch mcconnell to come to the podium. thank you. >> thank you. as eric wilson from kentucky is here, i first heard about this issue from him in the summer of 2012. i mad
, access to healthcare, and denial of healthcare? will that happen based on a ?erson's political believes these questions will be considered out of bounds one week ago. today, these questions are considered more than reasonable. and more than fair for the american people. what you will hear our state tories of common people from across the united states and wanted to be able to access their free speech rights as american citizens, but they were denied those rights because their tax status was...
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i think the linkage between healthcare -- medicare and the rest of the healthcare system is important, because ultimately what our goal is is to drive down the rate of healthcare cost systemwide. if the savings only occur in medicare and increase on the other side, we will not increase the overall economic talent that you referenced earlier, a larger and larger share of our gdp being eaten up i healthcare. byhink -- being eaten up healthcare. i think it is important and it is about identifying successful interventions and scaling them over time. >> all right. i will come back to address this in the next round. senator levin, thank you. >> thank you, mr. chair. how important is it that we reverse sequestration? >> i, this issue from an economic way to view. when i look at the data and the independent analyses that have been done, i think there are two problems. arst is the sequester is blunt tool and it is forcing indiscriminate cut that are not sensible. second, the magnitude of the cuts, it is hard to do that without having a really material negative impact. i think the congressional
i think the linkage between healthcare -- medicare and the rest of the healthcare system is important, because ultimately what our goal is is to drive down the rate of healthcare cost systemwide. if the savings only occur in medicare and increase on the other side, we will not increase the overall economic talent that you referenced earlier, a larger and larger share of our gdp being eaten up i healthcare. byhink -- being eaten up healthcare. i think it is important and it is about identifying...
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a texas company using illegal himwoer he provided insurance, healthcare, and people working for him for 30 years, and he could not win a contract and he is about to go out of business. i can say to you you can have too much workers and it could adversely impact wages. a professor at harvard, and acknowledged expert on this, as demonstrated just how much wages are pulled down, in some instances as much as $1600 a year, and that is a substantial difference for a working american making $20,000. that is more than $100 a month. ouress i am saying what is growth prospect? i mentioned the cbo numbers. blue chip consensus -- most of us have heard of blue chip -- is an average of 55 private economic forecasters who are predicting gdp growth below 3% in the future and only 2.5% between the out years, 2020 and 2024. academic economists are predicting that. the day before yesterday, "the wall street journal" published their survey of 52 economists that predict steady but slow economic growth which means slow job creation. "the wall street journal" says "i just for population growth and it will tak
a texas company using illegal himwoer he provided insurance, healthcare, and people working for him for 30 years, and he could not win a contract and he is about to go out of business. i can say to you you can have too much workers and it could adversely impact wages. a professor at harvard, and acknowledged expert on this, as demonstrated just how much wages are pulled down, in some instances as much as $1600 a year, and that is a substantial difference for a working american making $20,000....